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Posted by Ann Bartow on May 27, 2007 04:16 AM |

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I can simpathize but this is the same treatment I got in the 60's and 70's on the NYS. Thruway, my home town, at work and so on because of my clothes and long hair. When one is visable, someone will notice eventualy. The authorities knew who I was and where I lived and how many children I had and my wife's name and and and! In some ways it's just their job 5 days aweek. It is not just the BP. Poor manners or abusive treatment are a differant story.

Posted by: bobc [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 27, 2007 11:10 AM

Growing up on the border, since the sixties, I lived with these checkpoints. We went through these checkpoints everytime my family went out of town. One, going north on US 54, is over fifty miles north of the border in the state of New Mexico. Sometimes they would stop and question you, other times they would wave you through. Today, I can't fathom the Constitutionality of these checkpoints or what criteria they use to stop and question drivers.

Posted by: Jardinero1 [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 28, 2007 05:52 PM

I'm originally from South Texas, the Rio Grande Valley. The checkpoints have made me uncomfortable for as long as I remember, and I don't have anything against the Border Patrol- I've even got relatives in the organization. Blogged a bit about it last year.
http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i312co/blog/?p=129

Posted by: cjovalle [TypeKey Profile Page] | May 29, 2007 09:13 AM

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